The low passenger traffic and industrial disruptions are making it extremely difficult for the airlines to continue as going concerns, writes Chinedu Eze When Nigerians airlines were pushing for the resumption of flight operations after the coronavirus lockdown, many of them knew that passenger traffic would be low, but there were others who were sanguine. […]
It was predicted. Industry stakeholders knew that without earning revenues for months, airlines would not have operational funds to maintain the pre-COVID-19 status when they resume service. That was why insightful governments provided bailouts and palliatives to their airlines. The economic meltdown occasioned by Coronavirus lockdown was global and aviation was the most affected. But […]
Major oil and gas service company, Bristow Helicopters has reacted to the grounding of its operations on Monday by labour union and sacked over 100 pilots and engineers, citing economic downturn occasioned by Covid-19 impact and oil and gas business. The National Association of Aircraft Pilots a d Engineers (NAAPE), had since Monday, began industrial […]
Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited is spearheading indigenous manpower development in the aviation sector in Nigeria. The company has structured prgramme for human capacity development in the industry and has recently invested about N100 million for the training of pilots, engineers and others. In an exclusive partnership with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), […]
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) on Thursday paralysed the operations of Bristow and Caverton Helicopters in response to the alleged marginalisation of workers, retrenchment and violation of Condition of Service (CoS) by the managements of the two companies. Supported from other unions outside the nation’s aviation industry, NAAPE picketed the operations […]
